Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30
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Mature Prepared to Introduce Her Daughter
IutO Society.

Mature Prepared to Introduce Her Daughter
Iuto Society.
From the Baltimore sun.
For several weeks past Dame Nature has
hsen actively engaged In making prepare.
tions TOR the introd duction OF her daughter,
Spring, into good society, and at last the great
event which has set the heart OF the daughter
ahutter and engrossed the attention of the
madam IL about to transpira All OF the or.
chestra has not yet arrived, but English spar.
rows chirp cheerily As they collect strawa,
bits OF grass aud other waste material for
their nests. You can hear the field spar
rows beautiful warble ss you walk along
some country roads In the afternoon, and In
the evening, when day Aounds diminish, the
voices OF little, piping frogs are heard in the
low meadow lands, or along the borders OF
. swamp. The sOunda are faint, though un.
mistak ably sprinKy, and ~ such welcome to
ail. Several months must pass, however,
before with them are joined in accompany
ing the ch rus OF summer s)ng birds the
bull.frog's bass horn, the mosquitoes tiageo
let, the kstydid's tsboret and the violin OF
grasshopperA The rains OF March and the
warm suns Of April have made the turf ~
soft and yielding a. Q velvet carpet and
whore spring has made her hrst coy maiden
steps bright green has appeared among the
dried grasses OF last years growth. The
trees have been hung with green and red.
Upon the branches OF the Willows has come
green color ss delics ~ are the branches
slender. The hard NAPLES are enveloped in
Q smoky red, which, on close observation, IL
resolved into punches OF minute winged
seed, and silky tassels hang from each leaf
bud OF tho box elder. Toe foliage OF the soft
naples 10 more advanced, but of the oaks,
chastnu sassafras, tulip trees and hickories
In still within its wooden walls, though the
bark seems ready to burst In many places.
Two weeks OF warm weather will develop
much OF the foliage Floral decorations
have nov been forgotten. The grass has
not bad much tims to grow, but with
1t the dsndelion has kept pace, and his
bright golden blossom adOrns many lawn.
Why the dandsliOn should be despised il
hard to understand. II Is certainly one OF
landscape, and iis color Is by no means un
fashionable. But public opinion does not
Affect him, and he 10 ready 70 do full justice
to the hrst OF nature's afternoon teas. Back
In the woods, under the moist leaves, the
terms are gently pushing their way up to
dOwny brown swaddlinH clothes, but will
soon develop their full green coiOr and
spread their graceful fronds along the
branches, which are still brown with the rust
of their winter chsina The streams are full
To their brim with joy, aud rush hilAriously
along to merge themselves In rivers In
their depths the minnOws dart about feeding
on the earthly refuse, aud warm nights tempt
the gudge0ns to their spawning groundA
Among all these beauties stands the virgin
spriug, .. the entrance OF her worldly whirl,
in her dress of delicate green, cut decollete,
with the blush OF peach blooms on her
cheeks, the reflection of violsts In her eyes,
sprays of trailing srbutus, hOustOnias and
clsytnniss In her hair and on her bosom,
hesving with excitement, with teeth like
pesrly snOwdrops, and gently blowing her
sweet warm breath over = revivifisd world.